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THE  AMERICAN  BOARD  MISSIONS 

IN  AFRICA 

From  the  Annual  Report  of  1922 


ZULU  BRANCH 

Stations:  Location  and  Special  work  of  Missionaries 

Adams  (1835).  (Amanzimtoti).  —  Rev.  Albert  E.  LeRoy:  Principal 
of  Amanzimtoti  Institute;  evangelistic  work.  Mrs.  Rhoda  A.  Leroy: 
Work  for  women.  Wesley  C.  Atkins:  Headmaster  in  Amanzimtoti 
Institute;  Mission  Treasurer.  Mrs.  Edna  A.  Atkins:  Helping  in 
station  work.  Rev.  Henry  A.  Stick:  In  charge  of  Theological  Depart¬ 
ment;  Evangelistic  work.  Airs.  Bertha  H.  Stick:  Work  for  women. 
K.  Robert  Brueckner :  Industrial  training  in  Amanzimtoti  Institute  and 
Normal  School.  Miss  Caroline E.  Frost:  In  charge  girls’  department; 
teacher.  Miss  May  E.  Tebbatt:  Teacher  in  charge  of  Domestic  Science 
Department.  Albert  J.  Hicks;  Mrs.  Grace  S.  Hicks:  Agricultural 
director  at  Institute;  women’s  work. 

Inanda  (1837).  —  Mrs.  Alary  K.  Eduards:  Retired  missionary. 
Miss  Evelyn  F.  Clarke:  Principal  of  Inanda  Seminary.  Miss  Minnie 
E.  Carter:  Teacher  in  Seminary;  Sunday  school  work.  Miss  Fidelia 
Phelps:  Teacher  in  Seminary.  Miss  Alar garetE.  Walbridge:  Head  of 
Domestic  Science  Department  in  Seminary. 

Umzunduze  (1847)  — 

Mapumulo  (1848) — Rev.  Charles  N.  Ransom:  General  Evangelistic 
work.  Mrs.  Susan  H.  C.  Ransom:  Women’s  and  Sunday  School  work. 

Ifafa  (1848)  — 

Esidumbini  (1849)  — 

Umzumbe  (1861).  —  Rev.  George  B.  Cowles:  General  Evangelistic 
work.  Mrs.  Amy B.  Cowles:  General  work  for  women  and  boys;  Sun¬ 
day  school  work.  Air s.Laur a  B.  Bridgman:  Retired  missionary. 

Durban  (1892).  —  James  D.  Taylor,  D.  D.:  In  charge  of  Durban 
work;  mission  secretary;  church  supervision  and  social  service.  Airs. 

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Katherine  M.  Taylor:  Sunday  School  work.  Rev.  Henry  A.  Jessop: 
Supervisor  of  primary  schools  in  Natal.  Mrs.  Bernice  H.  Jessop: 
Sunday  school  work.  James  B.  McCord,  M.  D:  In  charge  of  mission 
hospital  and  medical  work;  Medical  School.  Mrs.  Margaret  M. 
McCord:  Evangelistic  work  for  hospital  patients.  AlanB.  Taylor,  M. 
D.;  Mrs.  MaryB.  Taylor:  Medical  work  in  hospital  and  Medical  School. 
Mrs.  Katherine  S.  Maxwell:  Social  and  evangelistic  work  for  women. 

Groutville  ( - ).  —  Rev.  Harwood B .  Catlin:  General  Evangelistic 

work  in  Groutville  and  Noodsberg  churches.  Mrs.  Laura  C.  Catlin: 
Station  work. 

Johannesburg  (1847).  —  Frederick  B.  Bridgman,  D.  D.:  In  charge 
of  Transvaal  work;  general  evangelistic  and  educational  work.  Mrs. 
Clara  D.  Bridgman:  Sunday  school  supervision  and  work  for  women. 
Rev.  Ray  E.  Phillips;  Mrs.  Dora  L.  Phillips:  Christian  social  service 
work;  Sunday  school  work. 

On  Furlough.  —  Rev.  Ralph L.  Abraham;  Mrs.  Clara  N.  Abraham; 
Rev.  Arthur  F.  Christofersen;  Mrs.  Julia  R.  Christofersen ;  Mrs. 
Dorothea  K.  Brueckner. 

Associated  with  the  Mission.  —  (Adams)  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Begg ;  Miss  Katherine  Fowler ;  Miss  Anna  Clarke:  Teachers  in  Aman- 
zimtoti  Institute.  (Inanda)  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  R.  James;  Miss  Frances  A. 
Roberts;  Miss  Rosa  L.  Brittenden:  Teachers  at  Inanda.  (Johannes¬ 
burg)  Miss  Alice  Weir:  Work  in  city  for  women  and  children.  (Dur¬ 
ban)  Mr.  T.  C.  Sloane:  Publication  work. 

Five  missionaries  are  on  furlough,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Christofersen  and  Mrs.  Brueckner.  Miss  Carter  who  has  had  a 
brief  furlough  has  just  returned  to  the  mission.  Miss  Mary  E.  Andrews, 
who  was  a  teacher  in  the  Institute  at  Adams,  has  withdrawn  to 
the  United  States  because  of  family  conditions.  Miss  Margaret  E. 
Brotzman,  a  nurse  in  the  hospital  at  Durban,  returned  to  America  after 
less  than  a  year  on  the  field.  Mr.  Brueckner’s  furlough  is  authorized, 
and  he  may  join  Mrs.  Brueckner  in  this  country  early  in  1923.  No  new 
missionaries  have  been  appointed  to  the  mission.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jessop  have  taken  the  place  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham  in  Durban.  Ifafa 
is  vacant  for  the  present.  Dr.  J.  Walker  Morledge  expected  to  join 


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the  hospital  in  Durban  in  1922,  but  circumstances  prevented  and  he 
now  hopes  to  be  on  the  field  by  fall  of  1923. 

STATISTICS  (1921). — Twenty-two  stations;  140  outstations  in  a 
population  of  551,800.  11  ordained  missionaries;  5  unordained ;  16 

wives;  9  single  women,  making  a  total  missionary  force  of  41 ;  associ¬ 
ate  workers,  10.  The  native  force  includes  15  ordained  preachers;  54 
unordained  preachers;  80  men  teachers;  93  women  teachers,  and  778 
other  workers,  a  total  of  912  workers.  Places  of  regular  meeting  316 ; 
28  organized  churches  of  which  18  are  self  supporting.  Communicants 
6,302 ;  added  in  1921  by  confession  557,  making  a  total  constituency  of 
25,130.  Sundayschools,  62  with  a  membership  of  2,191 .  The  mission 
maintains  a  Theological  Department  with  7  members  and  a  Normal 
School  with  115  students.  There  are  8  middle  schools  with  195  boys 
and  306  girls;  86  primary  schools  with  2,513  boys  and  2,211  girls;  one 
kindergarten  with  12  pupils,  making  a  total  of  97  schools,  and  the  total 
number  under  instruction  5,419.  The  native  contributions  show 
$7,757  for  Christian  work;  $20,632  for  education ;  $1,213  for  other  pur¬ 
poses,  making  a  total  of  $29,602.  The  hospital  and  dispensary  at 
Durban  reports  the  total  treatments  as  5,442.  Printed  on  presses 
outside  the  mission,  over  6,000,000  pages. 

RHODESIA  BRANCH 

Mt.  Silinda:  (1893).  —  William  L.  Thompson ,  M.  D.  In  charge  of 
medical  and  church  work.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Thompson:  Assists  in  medical 
work  and  work  for  women.  Arthur  J .  Orner:  In  charge  of  Industrial 
department  and  station  work;  station  treasurer.  Dorothy  H.  Orner: 
Work  for  women.  Emory  D.  Alvord:  Agricultural  director;  Sunday 
school  superintendent.  Mrs.  Bernice  M.  Alvord:  Mother’s  meeting. 
George  A.  Wilder,  D.  D.:  Principal  of  the  Bible  Training  School ;  in 
charge  of  church  work  and  evangelistic  work.  Mrs.  Alice  C.  Wilder: 
Work  for  women;  librarian.  Rev.  Frederick  R.  Dixon;  Mrs.  Madeline  II. 
Dixon:  Associate  in  the  Bible  Training  School;  evangelistic  work  in  the 
outstations.  Miss  IvyE.  Craig:  Associate  Principal  of  the  Girls’  Board¬ 
ing  School.  Miss  Mabel  E.  Larkins :  Language  study;  educational  work. 

Chikore  (1895).  —  Columbus  C.  Fuller:  In  charge  of  Chikore  School 
and  station  work.  Mrs.  Jidda  B.  Fuller:  Oversight  of  girls’  boarding 
department  and  work  for  girls.  William  T.  Lawrence,  M.  D.:  medical 
and  station  work.  Miss  Fannie E.  Ell en er :  Language  study  and  teach¬ 
ing.  Rev.  Frank  T.  Meacham;  Mrs.  Doris  V.  Meacham:  Language 
study;  station  work. 


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Gogoyo  (1917).  —  Rev.  John  P.  Dysart:  In  charge  of  station  and 
evangelistic  work;  mission  secretary.  Mrs.  Mathilde  T.  Dysart: 
Work  among  women  and  girls;  sewing  class.  Miss  Minnie  Clarke: 
Educational  work  for  women  and  girls. 

On  Furlough.  —  Aden  R.  Mather;  Mrs.  Faye  S.  Mather;  Mrs. 
Florence  E.  Laurence. 

Associated  with  the  Mission.  —  (Mt.  Silinda)  Miss  Gertrude  H. 
Merrill:  Nurse.  Miss  C.  A.  Van  Heerden:  Principal  of  Training  and 
Practicing  School.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  E.  Hack:  Industrial  Depart¬ 
ment. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orner  have  returned  to  their  work  at  Mt.  Silinda  and 
Dr.  Lawrence  has  relocated  at  Chikore.  Mrs.  Lawrence  is  remaining 
in  America  a  while  longer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mather  have  entered  upon 
their  regular  furlough.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixon  and  Miss  Craig  who  were 
studying  the  language  at  Chikore  are  located  at  Mt.  Silinda.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Wilder  have  also  been  transferred  to  that  station.  Miss  Clarke 
has  taken  up  work  in  the  new  station  at  Gogoyo.  The  new  mission¬ 
aries  are  Miss  Mabel  E.  Larkins,  a  teacher  under  life  appointment,  and 
Miss  Gertrude  H.  Merrill  a  nurse  for  a  five  year  term.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kamba  Simango  have  been  secured  as  associates  and  will  go  to  Lisbon 
for  language  study  within  a  few  months. 

STATISTICS(1921). —  Three  stations,  16  outstations  in  a  popula¬ 
tion  of  20,000.  4  ordained  missionaries;  6  men  unordained ;  10  wives; 

4  single  women;  total  number  of  missionaries  24 ;  associate  workers,  4. 
The  native  force  consists  of  31  unordained  preachers;  22  men  teachers; 
14  women  teachers,  total  number  of  workers  67.  Places  of  regular  meet¬ 
ing  17;  3  organized  churches,  1  self  supporting.  Communicants  472  in¬ 
cluding  51  added  by  confession  during  the  year.  The  6  Sunday  Schools 
have  a  membership  of  350.  There  are  2  Christian  Endeavor  societies 
with  a  membership  of  60.  The  theological  and  training  schools  have 
28  students;  2  secondary  schools  with  518  pupils;  15  primary  schools 
with  765  pupils;  1  kindergarten  with  30  pupils;  in  all  19  schools 
where  1,341  students  are  under  instruction.  The  native  contribu¬ 
tions  included  only  $97  for  Christian  work  for  the  six  months  reported. 
The  hospital  at  Mt.  Silinda  had  25  patients  and  the  three  dispensaries 
5,393,  and  the  total  treatments  were  11,477. 


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Bailundo  (1881). —  Rev.  Daniel  A.  Hastings:  Evangelistic,  station 
and  outstation  work.  Mrs.  Laura  B.  Hastings:  Work  for  women. 
Miss  Janette  E.  Miller;  Miss  Una  J.  Minto:  Educational  and  station 
work. 

Kamundongo  (1886).  —  William  H.  Sanders ,  D.  D.:  In  charge  of 
station  work;  mission  treasurer.  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Sanders:  Work  for 
women;  oversight  of  printing  press.  Rev.  Henry  S.  Hollenbeck,  M  D.: 
Medical  work;  work  in  boys’  boarding  school;  industrial  and  out¬ 
station  work.  Rev.  James  E.  Lloyd:  Evangelistic  work. 

Chisamba  (1886).  —  Rev.  J.  Arthur  Steed:  Mrs.  Edith  T.  Steed: 
Station  and  evangelistic  work.  Reuben  S.  Hall,  M.  D.;  Mrs.  Beatrice 
B.  Hall:  Language  study  and  medical  work.  Miss  Diadem  Bell: 
Evangelistic  work  for  women.  Miss  Helen  J.  Melville:  Work  for 
women;  medical  work.  Miss  Margaret  W.  Melville;  Miss  Elizabeth 
W.  Read;  Educational  work. 

Ocliileso  (1903).  - — •  Rev.  Henry  A.  Neipp:  In  charge  of  the  station 
and  outstation  work.  Mrs.  Frederica  L.  Neipp:  Station,  educational 
and  women’s  work. 

Sachikela  (1905).  —  William  Cammack,  M.  D.:  Medical  work;  in¬ 
dustrial  and  agricultural  department  of  girls’  boarding  school ;  village 
evangelistic  work;  mission  secretary.  Mrs.  Libbie  S.  Cammack,  M.  D.: 
Medical,  Sunday  school  and  primary  school  work.  Miss  Elizabeth  B. 
Campbell:  Superintendent  of  Educational  work  for  the  station.  Merlin 
W.  Ennis,  D.  D.:  In  charge  of  school  and  evangelistic  work.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth L. Ennis :  Teacher  in  girls’ boarding  school;  work  for  women. 

Dondi  (1914).  —  Rev.  John  T.  Tucker:  Principal  of  the  Currie  In¬ 
stitute.  Mrs.  Leona  S.  Tucker:  Educational  work.  Mr.  F.  Sidney 
Dart:  Industrial  educator;  instructor  in  the  manual  trades.  Mrs. 
Clara  I.  Dart:  Work  for  women.  Mrs.  Amy  J.  Currie:  Acting  Prin¬ 
cipal  for  the  Means  School  for  Girls.  Miss  Elizabeth  S.  Mackenzie; 
Miss  Lauretta  A.  Dibble:  Language  study;  teaching  in  the  Means 
School. 


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Galangue  (1922).  —  Rev.  Henry  C.  McDowell:  In  charge  of  station 
and  evangelistic  work.  Mrs.  Bessie  D.  McDowell:  Assists  in  station 
work. 


On  Furlough.- — Rev. William  C.  Bell;  Mrs.  Lena  H.  Bell;  Miss 
Emma  C.  Redick ;  Miss  Marion  M.  Webster;  Miss  Diadem  Bell. 

Portugal.  — FredE.  Stokey ,  M.  D.;  AllenE.  McAllester ;  SamuelB. 
Coles;  Mrs.  Bertha  T.  Coles:  Study  of  Portuguese. 

Associated  with  the  Mission.  —  (Dondi)  Miss  Florence  B. 
Rawlings:  Educational  work.  Rose  A.  Bower,  M.  D.:  Educational 
and  Medical  work.  (Kamundongo)  Mrs.  Evelyn  Hunter:  Matron  in 
the  dormitory.  (Chisamba)  Miss  Martha  L.  Wightman:  Assists  in 
the  station  work.  (Ochileso)  Mary  F.  Cushman,  M.  D.:  Medical 
work. 

Of  those  who  were  on  furlough  several  have  returned.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bell  have  extended  their  furlough,  but  will  be  on  the  field  before  another 
fall.  Miss  Webster  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hastings  are  delaying  their 
furlough.  Miss  Diadem  Bell  is  taking  her  regular  furlough.  Rev. 
Wesley  C. Stover,  retired,  died  in  Claremont,  California,  on  July  8,1922. 
Rev.  John  T.  Tucker  and  Miss  Leona  Stukey,  both  of  Dondi,  were 
married  on  May  10,  1922.  In  1922  a  new  station  was  established  at 
Galangue,  and  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Henry  C.  McDowell  were  transferred  to 
this  post  from  Dondi.  Mrs.  Hunter  is  now  located  at  Kamundongo 
after  about  a  year  in  Sachikela.  The  new  missionaries  who  are 
studying  Portuguese  in  Lisbon  are:  Mr.  Allen  E.  McAllester;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Samuel  B.  Coles  and  Fred  E.  Stokey,  M.  D.,  who  is  reappointed 
after  over  four  years  in  America.  Dr.  Rose  A.  Bower  at  Dondi,  and 
Dr.  Mary  F.  Cushman  at  Ochileso  are  on  term  service.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Swaddling  have  resigned  from  the  mission. 

STATISTICS  (1920).  - —  Seven  stations;  205  outstations.  Popula¬ 
tion  of  field  (incompletely  reported)  100,000.  Missionaries:  10  ordained 
and  6  unordained  men;  12  wives;  12  single  women;  total  number  of 
missionaries  40;  associate  workers,  5.  The  native  force  is  composed  of 
225  unordained  preachers;  249  men  teachers;  13  women  teachers;  35 
Bible  women;  122  other  workers;  total  workers  644.  There  are  215 
places  of  regular  meeting,  4  organized  churches  and  3  entirely  self  sup¬ 
porting;  983  communicants,  of  whom  225  are  new  members;  total  con- 


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stituency  45,875.  35  Sunday  schools  with  a  membership  of  3,144; 

3  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  with  180  members.  In  connection  with 
the  educational  work  there  is  a  training  secondary  school  for  boys  with 
75  pupils,  and  another  for  girls  with  42  pupils.  The  other  schools  may 
be  divided  into,  primary  104,  with  7382  boys,  and  5 ,208  girls ;  two  kin¬ 
dergartens  with  60  pupils;  total  under  instruction,  12,767.  The  native 
contributions  were  $332  for  church  work,  $257  for  education;  $47 
for  other  offerings;  total  contributions  $636.  One  hospital  had  260 
patients  and  the  treatments  in  the  4  dispensaries  were  16,260.  Pages 
printed  in  the  mission  press,  158,401. 

RHODESIA  BRANCH 

The  unusual  asset  of  a  large  tract  of  forest  land  filled  with  valuable 
timber  has  been  a  great  help  to  the  Rhodesia  Mission  in  its  industrial 
training.  This  training  has  been  found  necessary  to  fit  the  natives  for 
self-support  under  the  advancing  civilization  which  is  so  strange  to 
them.  A  large  amount  of  machinery  and  the  available  forest,  together 
with  plenty  of  native  labor  has  drawn  the  missionaries  more  and  more 
into  the  work  of  producing  furniture  which  found  a  ready  sale  in  the 
region  about  the  Mission.  The  success  of  this  work  had  developed  so 
rapidly  that  it  became  a  burden  upon  the  Mission.  It  also  tended  to 
cloud  in  the  minds  of  foreign  settlers,  and  even  of  the  natives  them¬ 
selves,  the  chief  purposes  of  our  work. 

In  view  of  this  strange  consequence  of  marked  success,  the  Mission 
during  the  past  year  decided  upon  a  radical  change.  It  was  assisted  in 
making  this  change  by  a  deputation  sent  from  the  Zulu  Branch  at  the 
request  of  the  Prudential  Committee.  A  new  emphasis  is  to  be  given 
to  the  direct  evangelistic  and  educational  work,  and,  even  at  the  risk 
of  allowing  valuable  property  and  machinery  to  go  unused,  the  indus¬ 
trial  work  is  to  be  cut  down  to  such  proportions  as  are  necessary  for 
industrial  training  only.  This  action  reduces  somewhat  the  revenue 
which  the  Mission  has  received  from  the  commercial  aspects  of  its 
work.  It  therefore  will  be  more  difficult  to  maintain  the  work  with¬ 
out  added  assistance  from  the  homeland.  At  the  same  time  this  step 
has  made  perfectly  clear  the  primary  objective  of  our  work  among  the 
blacks,  namely,  the  development  of  character  rather  than  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  business. 

The  boiler  and  traction  engine  brought  up  twenty  years  ago  from  the 
coast  with  prayers  and  heavy  hauling  has  given  away  under  the  con¬ 
tinual  strain.  The  Board  has  authorized  a  special  appeal  for  funds  to 
provide  a  new  boiler  and  engine  with  which  this  industrial  training 


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may  be  continued.  Not  only  does  the  engine  provide  power  for  wood¬ 
working  machinery,  but  it  provides  the  power  for  the  mills  which  grind 
the  maize  for  the  Board  schools.  No  single  loss  in  the  Mission  would 
be  felt  more  immediately  and  in  a  more  widespread  way  than  the 
loss  of  this  source  of  power.  And  yet  this  is  the  loss  which  is  threatened 
daily  as  the  old  boiler  goes  on  working  with  leaky  sides  and  the  engine 
goes  on  struggling  with  squeaky  joints. 

A  new  complication  of  the  present  situation  is  the  famine,  —  a 
famine  unprecedented  in  its  widespread  and  serious  results.  The 
British  government  is  giving  able  assistance  to  the  natives  on  British 
territory,  but  in  the  portion  of  the  field  which  lies  in  Portuguese  East 
Africa  no  help  to  the  natives  comes  except  such  as  can  be  provided 
by  the  missionary.  Again  a  special  appeal  is  being  pushed  to  secure 
funds  to  save  from  starvation  the  people  whose  souls  have  been  saved 
from  death. 

The  hospital  for  many  years  closed  for  lack  of  a  nurse,  is  at  last  about 
to  be  reopened.  Miss  Gertrude  Merrill  of  Maine  has  reached  the 
field  and  is  already  eager  to  begin  work  in  connection  with  Dr.  Law¬ 
rence  and  Dr.  Thompson.  The  hospital  will  begin  a  larger  medical 
work  as  soon  as  she  completes  her  language  study. 

Efforts  of  the  missionaries  to  reach  the  teeming  population  of  the 
lowlands  between  Mt.  Silinda  and  the  sea  have  been  often  thwarted  by 
the  hostile  attitude  of  the  Portuguese  government.  This  attitude, 
based  upon  misunderstanding,  is  being  slowly  changed.  The  Inter¬ 
national  Missionary  Council  through  its  agents  in  London  is  striving 
to  secure  recognition  for  the  missionaries  in  Portuguese  territory  simi¬ 
lar  to  that  accorded  to  missionaries  under  British  control.  If  this  can 
be  secured  it  is  felt  on  the  field  that  a  forward  step  may  at  once  be 
taken. 

Three  new  locations  for  mission  stations  have  been  chosen.  The  one 
to  the  north  of  Mt.  Silinda  in  British  territory  on  Mutema’s  Reserva¬ 
tion  has  already  been  occupied  by  a  native  worker.  The  native  chiefs 
are  friendly  and  every  door  seems  open.  The  field  to  the  south,  again 
in  British  territory,  is  one  which  has  not  yet  been  entered  by  the  foreign 
traders  but  which  unless  the  missionaries  occupy  it  soon,  may  be  placed 
beyond  their  reach  by  the  encroachment  of  these  settlers.  The  third 
field  which  our  workers  are  eager  to  enter  is  the  great  lowland  stretch 
along  the  Sabi  River  in  Portuguese  territory.  Though  unhealthy  in 
climate  it  has  a  very  dense  population  and  the  river  forms  an  easy  line 
of  communication  east  and  west. 


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Perhaps  no  single  individuals  are  more  eager  to  enter  this  vast  virgin 
territory  than  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kamba  Simango  who  are  at  present  com¬ 
pleting  their  studies  at  Columbia  and  who  in  a  few  months  will  sail  for 
Portugal  to  perfect  their  knowledge  of  Portuguese.  Mr.  Simango  is  a 
native  of  this  lowland  country  and  after  studying  atMt.  Silinda  and 
completing  his  work  at  Hampton  and  Columbia  he  hopes  to  join  the 
Mission  with  the  earnest  purpose  of  winning  his  own  people  to  a  better 
life. 


THE  ZULU  BRANCH  OF  THE  SOUTH  AFRICA  MISSION 

The  great  strike  on  the  Rand  with  its  attendant  excesses  and  the 
battle  in  Johannesburg  profoundly  influenced  the  work  of  the  American 
Board.  At  the  same  time  it  may  be  fairly  said  that  the  work  of  the 
American  Board  profoundly  influenced  the  situation.  Our  workers 
in  a  tireless  way  gave  themselves  to  maintaining  the  quiet  and  loyalty 
of  the  natives  who  were  in  that  particular  crisis  the  deciding  element  in 
favor  of  law  and  order.  “Regrettable  and  terrifying  as  the  strike  has 
been,  God  in  His  own  way  has  used  it  for  the  uplift  of  the  subject  race 
here  in  South  Africa.  As  Dr.  Bridgman  so  aptly  says,  ‘The  meek  will 
inherit  a  more  equitable  share  of  the  earth.’  The  native  in  a  few  terrible 
weeks  advanced  his  status  twenty  years  by  his  coolness,  obedience  and 
loyalty.” 

One  of  the  most  efficient  agencies  in  maintaining  quiet  among  the 
native  Africans  at  the  time  of  the  strike  was  the  motion  picture  ma¬ 
chine  used  by  Mr.  Phillips.  It  was  not  a  venture  undertaken  specifi¬ 
cally  for  the  emergency,  but  was  the  continuation  of  a  work  begun  be¬ 
fore  the  strike  and  continued  effectively  since  that  time.  Mr.  Phillips 
regularly  shows  his  pictures  in  nine  compounds,  two  hospitals,  the  city 
jail,  the  boys’  reformatory,  and  the  leper  asylum.  In  each  one  the 
cheer  and  information  given  by  the  pictures  is  accompanied  by  the 
helpful  word,  and  the  impression  given  is  very  deep. 

The  Johannesburg  church  with  its  beautiful  new  building  has  as¬ 
sumed  a  new  place  of  leadership  in  that  important  city.  It  is  not  only 
a  great  help  to  the  native  people  but  is  a  strength  to  the  missionaries 
themselves  in  the  further  spread  of  the  work.  It  is  a  milestone  in  the 
long  road  towards  independence  and  self-support  on  the  part  of  the 
native  church. 


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Missions  in  A  frica 

WEST  AFRICA 


The  past  twelve  months  have  seen  real  progress  in  the  Angola  Mis¬ 
sion.  A  large  number  of  heathen  have  begun  the  Christian  life.  The 
schools  under  efficient  direction  have  prepared  an  unusually  fine 
group  of  teachers  and  other  leaders  for  the  work  of  the  outstations. 
The  approach  to  the  Portuguese  officials  has  been  made  more  cordial 
with  the  result  that  a  better  understanding  and  more  sympathetic 
attitude  has  been  secured  on  the  part  of  the  government  officials. 

The  year  has  not  been  without  its  problems,  however.  The  one 
most  in  evidence  has  been  the  problem  of  the  requirements  made  by  the 
government  regarding  the  use  of  the  Portuguese  language.  The  law, 
long  since  on  the  statute  books,  but  only  recently  applied,  requiring 
the  study  and  use  of  Portuguese  by  missionaries  and  workers,  has  been 
interpreted  by  the  generous  High  Commissioner  in  such  a  way  as  to 
permit  much  more  of  the  work  of  the  Mission  to  continue  as  in  former 
years  than  had  been  feared.  Although  this  has  been  a  very  real  problem 
which  has  caused  much  anxiety  and  some  readjustment  of  the  work  in 
West  Africa,  it  has  at  the  same  time  been  a  means  of  widening  the 
scope  of  our  missionary  work.  It  has  led  to  more  direct  contact  with 
the  government  officials  and  to  a  closer  sympathy  with  the  educa¬ 
tional  aims  of  the  district. 

Another  problem  raised  by  the  same  government  inspection  has  been 
the  problem  of  industrial  training.  The  Portuguese  authorities  are 
especially  eager  to  have  the  people  trained  in  industries.  They  have 
little  sympathy  for  the  higher  intellectual  development  of  the  native 
Africans,  but  are  eager  that  they  should  become  workers  and  develop 
the  country.  In  this  eagerness  the  missionary  workers  have  shared 
and  much  progress  has  been  made  during  the  year.  The  High  Com¬ 
missioner  and  wife  and  daughter  madeacall  upon  the  Cchileso  Mission 
station  at  which  time  this  important  Portuguese  official  expressed 
himself  as  greatly  pleased  with  the  earnest  effort  to  develop  the  in¬ 
dustries  in  that  station.  The  home-made  machinery,  the  ingenious  use 
of  waste  materials  and  the  practical  application  of  the  training  to  the 
life  of  the  people,  all  impressed  the  High  Commissioner.  Mr.  Neipp  has 
been  unusually  successful  in  making  use  of  local  conditions  and  has 
installed  a  home-made  turbine  to  generate  the  electricity  for  lighting 
the  homes  of  both  missionaries  and  natives. 

Perhaps  the  most  outstanding  problem  of  the  year  is  the  problem 
of  building  up  the  new  station  at  Galangue.  To  this  Mr.  McDowell 


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has  devoted  himself  without  stint.  A  new  site  was  chosen  and  ground 
has  been  broken  for  the  necessary  buildings.  A  wide  field  of  influence 
is  thus  being  opened  up.  This  effort  on  the  field  has  had  its  immediate 
reflex  upon  the  contributors  at  home.  The  colored  churches  of  the 
south  have  contributed  very  generously  so  that  the  work  at  Galangue 
need  not  be  delayed  because  of  financial  restrictions. 

The  Mission  press,  moved  last  year  to  Dondi,  has  had  problems  of 
its  own.  Heretofore  it  produced  much  literature  in  the  Umbundu. 
Since  this  is  for  the  most  part  stopped  by  the  new  regulations  the  press 
it  igh t  produce  Portuguese  books  instead.  In  view  of  the  fact,  how¬ 
ever,  that  such  books  as  are  needed  are  copyrighted  in  Portugal  and 
cannot  be  reprinted  in  Africa,  the  work  of  the  press  has  been  very 
largely  limited  to  such  bi-lingual  editions  as  the  missionaries  have 
found  necessary. 

There  seems  to  be  little  likelihood  of  diminution  in  the  medical  work 
open  to  the  missionary.  Mrs.  Sanders  from  Kamundongo  reports 
6,264  treatments  in  the  period  under  review  —  truly  a  remarkable 
number  in  view  of  the  fact  that  there  has  been  no  qualified  doctor  and 
no  hospital  in  that  station.  The  following  quotation  from  the  Bailundo 
report  is  graphic  as  it  pictures  the  need:  "Conditions  are  pathetic, 
so  pathetic  that  they  are  best  not  lengthily  described.  The  cooking 
of  insects,  weeds  and  herbs  is  now  a  native  profession  in  nearly  every 
outstation,  to  the  undermining  of  health  conditions  and  menacing 
of  spiritual  welfare.”  Though  there  are  six  doctors  in  the  Mission 
and  the  seventh  is  now  in  Portugal  on  the  way,  because  of  the  isolation 
of  the  stations,  permanent  co-operative  work  is  hardly  possible.  This  is 
a  serious  hindrance  to  any  medical  development  and  must  be  overcome 
as  transportation  facilities  increase.  Only  one  hospital  exists  in  the 
Mission  and  that  can  minister  to  a  small  territory  alone  because  of  the 
impregnable  brush  which  separates  it  from  the  major  portion  of  the 
field. 

The  general  growth  of  the  missionary  work  has  continued  steadily 
for  many  years.  During  the  past  few  years  the  additions  to  the  per¬ 
sonnel  of  the  Mission  have  been  so  inadequate  that  a  serious  situation 
has  been  produced  in  several  of  the  stations.  At  Bailundo  for  example, 
the  one  male  missionary  feels  that  unless  reinforcements  soon  arrive  he 
will  not  be  able  to  bear  up  under  the  heavy  burden  of  responsibility. 
Over  250  new  converts  have  been  received  into  the  church  by  this  one 
ordained  missionary  during  the  past  year,  and  over  800  applicants  for 
membership  press  him  for  guidance  and  sympathy  day  and  night.  It 


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is  this  spiritual  call,  the  deep  need  of  the  people  for  soul-feeding  that  is 
the  compelling  opportunity  of  the  field.  It  is  thus  expressed  by  Mr. 
Steed  of  the  Chisamba  station:  “While  school  work  is  practically  at  a 
standstill  in  the  outstation  schools  through  lack  of  competent  teachers 
who  are  able  to  secure  the  necessary  license,  the  people  are  taking  a 
deeper  interest  in  the  ‘sala’  or  ‘prayer-hall.’  In  five  villages  new  halls 
are  being  constructed  with  the  idea  of  group-worship,  that  is,  a  number 
of  villages  close  together  combining  to  make  a  central  building  in  which 
to  conduct  services  on  Sunday  afternoons.  I  am  not  sure  that  the 
seeming  set-back  in  outstation  school  work  is  not  going  to  be  a  blessing 
in  disguise.  It  is  tending  in  our  area  to  bring  into  prominence  again 
the  really  evangelistic  work.” 

The  other  Africa  fields  must  still  be  worked  largely  by  the  mission¬ 
aries  directly.  It  is  their  own  spoken  word  among  the  heathen  that 
brings  conversion.  Among  the  Zulus,  however,  such  progress  has 
been  made  that  today  the  emphasis  is  largely  on  the  training  of  leaders. 
Some  of  these  leaders  are  disappointing  in  their  moral  lapses  or  their 
petty  jealousies  and  bickerings,  but  there  are  many  heroes  in  the 
struggle  with  sin  and  darkness.  Without  these  leaders  the  work  in  its 
diversified  form  and  wide  extent  would  be  utterly  impossible.  The 
missionaries  like  faithful  bishops,  on  motorcycle  or  in  automobile, 
visit  the  churches  from  time  to  time,  but  the  daily  ministration  is  by 
the  leaders  trained  in  the  mission  schools.  Some  individual  native 
leaders  are  outstanding  for  the  work  that  they  have  been  able  to  do. 
For  example,  Zakeu  Likumbi  is  the  tireless  evangelist  in  Inhambane. 
The  nearest  missionary  hundreds  of  miles  away,  this  undaunted  worker 
persists  among  many  difficulties  in  supervising  his  district.  Dr. 
Bridgman  says:  “On  a  donkey  (not  a  motorcycle)  he  tries  to  care  for 
forty  stations  and  outstations  with  twenty-six  paid  evangelists  under 
him.  He  pays  salaries,  settles  difficult  cases  of  discipline,  even  among 
the  evangelists  themselves,  negotiates  with  other  missions,  and  all 
this  under  the  surveillance  of  an  unfriendly  government.  Likumbi 
is  doing  wonders,  but  without  a  resident  missionary,  our  work  there  is 
sooner  or  later  headed  for  the  rocks.” 

The  centers  of  training  for  native  leadership  are  the  Amanzimtoti 
Institute  and  the  Inanda  school  for  girls.  Amanzimtoti  has  this  year 
been  much  flattered  by  the  comments  of  government  and  other  visitors. 
Perhaps  no  commendation  of  the  work  of  the  school  is  of  more  value 
than  the  words  of  Dr.  Jesse  Jones,  the  representative  of  the  Phelps- 
Stokes  Fund.  He  says  “Amanzimtoti  realizes  the  ideas  of  Hampton 


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and  Tuskegee  more  effectively  than  any  institution  which  we  saw  in 
South  Africa.”  This  is  the  more  remarkable  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
the  buildings  are  sadly  dilapidated  and  utterly  inadequate  to  meet  the 
present  need.  Only  about  half  of  the  students  who  desired  to  come  to 
the  school  could  be  admitted  on  account  of  the  lack  of  room. 

Among  the  departments  of  the  Amanzimtoti  school  is  the  theological 
training  class.  The  students  in  this  class  pursue  their  training  for 
three  years,  and  no  new  class  begins  till  the  former  group  has  completed 
its  work.  The  incoming  class  this  year  is  rather  notable  for  its  strong 
character  and  representative  nature.  One  of  the  members  of  this  class 
was  the  heir  to  a  chieftainship.  He  is  thus  described  by  Mr.  Hicks: 
“At  the  death  of  his  father,  his  mother  was  bewitched  and  killed.  He 
escaped  and  fled  to  Johannesburg.  Here  he  found  work  and  through 
the  effort  of  the  missionaries  was  led  into  the  Way,  which  is  the  only 
way.  He  returned  home  to  find  his  elder  brother  chief  in  his  stead. 
Although  urged  by  his  friends  he  refused  to  assert  his  rights,  saying 
that  he  preferred  to  preach  the  Gospel  of  Peace  to  his  people.”  Such 
devotion  and  leadership  count  for  very  much  after  these  young  men 
are  able  to  enter  into  the  active  service  of  the  church. 

A  pre-medical  course  given  for  the  past  two  years  has  been  completed 
and  now  the  six  students  are  entering  upon  their  regular  training  at 
Durban.  Dr.  McCord  in  speaking  of  the  medical  department  says: 
“All  the  energies  of  the  medical  department  will  be  directed  along  the 
line  of  ryedical  education  and  the  practice  of  medicine  will  be  carried 
on  partly  for  the  help  of  the  natives,  but  very  largely  in  order  to  secure 
funds  and  material  for  the  support  and  teaching  of  the  medical  stu¬ 
dents.”  The  receipts  of  the  hospital  have  more  than  covered  expenses 
and  thus  the  work  is  able  to  expand  despite  the  strictures  upon  the 
financial  resources  of  the  Board. 

Despite  the  fact  that  in  the  native  churches  of  the  field  there  has 
been  perhaps  less  advance  in  the  way  of  accession  of  members  than  in 
other  years,  the  new  missionary  is  fired  with  enthusiasm  as  he  enters 
the  great  task.  Mr.  Catlin  after  a  year  on  the  field  says  “It  is  a  great 
life,  this  of  a  missionary,  and  there  will  be  many  more  in  it  if  they  realize 
the  opportunity  for  free  unfettered  development  and  the  joy  of  seeing 
the  power  of  the  Gospel  in  its  redemption  of  such  people  as  these  blacks 
of  South  Africa.” 


African  Mission  Institutions 


Educational  and  Social 

Adams:  Amanzimtote  Institute.  (S.  A.)  1853.  Rev.  Albert  E. 
LeRoy,  Principal.  Enrolment  in  all  departments  and  Practise  Schools 
515,  boarders  174.  Boys  and  girls  are  trained  to  earn  a  living;  it  is 
the  Hampton  of  Natal.  The  Government  helps  support  the  depart¬ 
ments.  At  the  Natal  Native  Industrial  Exhibition  last  July  the  Insti¬ 
tute  had  fine  exhibits  of  furniture  made  by  the  students.  On  last 
Armistice  Day  six  student  deputations  started  out  to  spend  three  days 
in  the  out-stations  in  community  play,  concerts,  agriculture  talks, 
kraal  visitation,  and  Sunday  school  evangelistic  meetings.  The 
Agricultural  Department  has  made  steady  progress  during  the  year 
and  the  Government  has  increased  its  grant  by  200  pounds.  The 
Kindergarten,  newly  established,  under  Miss  Anna  Clark,  received 
high  praise  from  visitors  and  inspectors.  The  Normal  School  is  a 
development  of  the  Union  Normal  School  which  opened  in  1909.  En¬ 
rolment  115.  Its  splendid  new  Domestic  Science  Building  is  now  in 
daily  use,  Miss  Mae  Tebbatts,  Supervisor.  Three  large  brick  school- 
houses  and  smaller  open  air  schoolhouses  are  used  by  the  practise 
schools.  A  Pre-Medical  Department  was  opened  in  1920  with 
six  pupils  to  prepare  men  for  Dr.  McCord’s  Medical  School.  The 
Theological  Department,  opened  in  1917,  trains  men  coming  from 
all  parts  of  the  field  to  become  pastors  and  preachers.  Enrolment  7. 

Adams:  Amanzimtote  Language  School.  Two  native  teachers 
have  given  their  entire  time  to  the  work  and  Professor  Cummings’ 
method  is  used  with  splendid  results.  Nine  students  the  past  year. 

Bailundo:  Boarding  School.  (W.  C.  A.)  Miss  Janette  E.  Miller 
in  charge.  Boarders  88.  Schools  did  not  open  in  the  regular  way  in 
September  although  there  was  a  regular  Bible  course  for  three  months. 
On  Jan.  16th  regular  school  was  opened,  137  enrolled  in  the  morning 
school  and  48  boys  of  the  fifth  and  sixth  year  rank  were  enrolled  in  the 
afternoon  school;  12  of  these  and  3  girls  from  the  morning  school  are 
recommended  for  Dondi  next  year.  A  Dry  Season  School  with  70 
men  and  boys  was  maintained  for  two  months.  They  are  to  become 
the  catechists  and  teachers  of  the  outstations. 


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15 


Chikore:  Bible  Training  School.  (S.  A.)  Has  become  a  de¬ 
partment  of  the  Mt.  Silinda  School. 

Chikore:  Boarding  Schools.  Mr.  Columbus  C.  Fuller  in  charge. 
Number  of  boarders  23  boys  and  24  girls.  Full  enrolment  340.  A  very 
fine  boys’  dormitory  was  erected  last  year.  The  highest  class  is  Stand¬ 
ard  II.  The  Industrial  Department  includes  training  in  farm  work, 
brick-making,  wood  work,  gardening,  sewing.  Ireland  Home  cares 
for  the  girl  boarders. 

Chisamba:  Boarding  Schools.  (W.  C.  A.)  Miss  Diadem  Bell 
is  in  charge  of  the  Boys’  School  with  its  100  students,  Miss  Helen  J. 
Melville  is  in  charge  of  the  Girls’  School  with  70  students.  Both  schools 
are  overcrowded.  The  Girls’  Compound  has  given  a  home  to  21 
girls  who  are  too  old  to  enter  regular  schools  but  are  anxious  to  learn 
of  God. 

Day  Schools:  The  enrolment  of  day  scholars  in  the  South  African 
Mission  has  been  6,228  the  past  year;  in  the  West  Central  African 
Mission  12,354.  In  Durban  there  are  55  Primary  Schools  with  an 
enrolment  of  4,145;  in  six  of  them  Intermediate  Department  work 
has  been  continued  with  an  enrolment  of  289.  Six  new  out-station 
schools  were  opened  in  Rhodesia  this  year.  All  teachers  are  called  into 
their  central  stations  for  bi-weekly  conferences.  The  Director  of  Edu¬ 
cation  commented  on  the  thoroughness  and  uniformity  of  the  organiza¬ 
tion  of  the  schools,  the  smallness  of  the  classes,  the  intelligent  manner 
in  which  use  was  made  by  native  teachers  of  the  time  tables,  schemes  of 
work,  and  teaching  notes  supplied  by  the  head  stations,  and  the  high 
standard  reached  in  the  upper  classes  in  the  ordinary  subjects. 

Dondi:  Currie  Institute.  (W.  C.  A.).  Rev.  John  T.  Tucker, 
Director.  Enrolment  150.  Founded  in  1914  and  named  for  Rev. 
W.  T.  Currie,  the  first  missionary  to  West  Africa.  The  plant  occupies 
about  10,000  acres.  The  Institute  takes  advanced  students  from  the 
other  stations  and  gives  them  more  specialized  training  along  various 
lines.  Agricultural  Department:  Rev.  William  C.  Bell  in  charge. 
The  students  work  on  the  farm  or  the  construction  of  buildings  about 
25  hours  a  week.  This  meets  the  cost  of  food  and  makes  possible  their 
coming  at  all.  The  Industrial  Department  was  in  charge  of  Major 
Swaddling.  There  are  trade  classes  in  carpentry  and  masonry.  The 


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student  labor  is  similar  to  the  apprenticeship  form  of  learning  and  the 
theory  of  the  subjects  is  explained  and  discussed  in  classes. 

Dondi:  Means  Training  School.  Founded  1916.  MissLeonaV. 
Stukey,  Principal  until  May  1922.  Enrolment  52.  The  junior  and 
senior  girls  have  practice  in  teaching  in  the  Practice  School  of  46 
village  girls.  A  course  in  schoolroom  methods  and  management  is 
given.  There  are  sewing  and  basketry  classes  and  the  girls  raise  a. 
large  proportion  of  their  food  on  the  school  farm. 

Inanda  Seminary:  Founded  1869  by  Mrs.  Mary  K.  Edwards, 
f  rst  missionary  of  the  W.  B.  M.  and  still  on  the  field  after  more  than 
50  years  of  continuous  service.  Miss  Evelyn  Clarke,  Principal.  En¬ 
rolment  195.  A  second  year  of  high  school  has  been  added  and  a  third 
year  industrial.  The  great  event  of  the  year  was  the  opening  of  Phelps 
Hall,  April  15th,  1922.  The  new  dining  room  will  accommodate  300. 
Special  emphasis  is  laid  in  this  school  on  industrial  work:  —  laundry, 
housework,  gardening,  dress-making. 

Kamundongo:  Boarding  Schools.  (W.  C.  A.)  Mrs.  W.  A. 
Sanders  in  charge.  In  the  main  school  134  were  enrolled.  The  Girls’ 
Boarding  School,  with  25  pupils  has  been  self-supporting  as  far  as  food 
was  concerned.  The  Boys’  Boarding  School  has  ranged  between  60 
and  70.  The  spirit  of  the  young  fellows  has  been  better  than  last  year. 
The  Childrens’  School  had  31  pupils. 

Mt.  Silinda  Training  and  Practising  School.  (S.  A.)  Miss. 
C.  A.  Van  Heerden,  Principal.  Enrolment  335.  Boarders  130, 
of  which  48  are  girls.  The  Bible  Training  School  of  Chikore  (1908)  has 
become  a  department  of  this  school.  Four  attended  with  great  regular¬ 
ity  last  year.  Only  students  who  are  pledged  as  volunteers  to  complete  a 
3  years’  course  for  evangelists  or  4  years’  course  for  pastors  are  ad- 
rhitted.  The  Industrial  Department  built  a  barn  and  granary,  2  boys’ 
dormitories,  a  wagon  shed  and  shed  over  the  horse  tank;  32  boys  were 
training  in  carpenter’s  shop;  420  pounds  worth  of  furniture  was  sold; 
40,000  board  feet  of  timber  were  cut,  13,350  running  feet  of  flooring 
cut  and  matched;  37,000  tiles  were  made  and  600  bags  of  grain  ground. 
The  Kindergarten  averages  30  pupils.  The  Teachers’  Training  Class 
numbers  20.  The  Government  grants  last  year  were  nearly  four  times 
what  they  were  four  years  ago. 


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Ochileso:  Boarding  Schools.  (W.  C.  A.)  Rev.  Henry  A.  Neipp 
in  charge.  Enrolment  in  Boys’  School  60.  There  has  been  no  board¬ 
ing  school  for  girls  during  the  past  year.  The  need  of  dormitories  is 
imperative.  Industrial  work  is  emphasized  here  and  Ochileso  iron 
ore  gives  a  chance  to  train  boys  in  the  iron  industry.  Time  has  also 
been  given  to  developing  the  social  and  athletic  life  of  the  boys. 

Publications:  The  press  at  Kamundongo,  having  printed  under 
Mrs.  Sanders’  supervision  282,522  pages  of  books  sorely  needed  by  the 
schools,  was  transferred  to  Dondi.  For  the  present  it  is  restricted  to 
the  issue  of  such  bi-lingual  books  as  may  be  produced  in  the  mission. 
At  Durban  a  revised  Pastors’  Handbook  has  been  put  through  the 
press,  and  work  is  progressing  on  the  preparation  of  a  Revised  Bible 
and  on  the  Proceedings  of  the  General  Conference. 

Sachikela:  Boarding  Schools.  (W.  C.  A.)  Miss  Elizabeth  B. 
Campbell  in  charge.  Enrolment  114  boys,  42  girls.  Kindergarten  42. 
Catechumen  class  of  41.  The  attendance  has  been  well  sustained 
throughout  the  year.  In  the  industrial  department  a  corn-crib, 
6-room  osila  and  drying  shed  have  been  built,  new  draining 
ditches  have  been  dug,  and  new  land  cleared.  The  girls  do  field  work 
also  and  attend  basketry  and  dressmaking  classes.  Twenty-five  girls 
made  public  confession  of  faith  during  the  Week  of  Prayer. 

Social  Service:  In  Durban  6  night  schools  are  operating  with  an 
attendance  of  350.  Of  these  the  Bible  class  at  Montpelier  Road  is  a 
school  of  special  promise  and  a  means  of  leading  boys  to  church  mem¬ 
bership.  In  the  Native  Women’s  Hostel,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Maxwell, 
Supervisor,  a  weekly  service  is  held.  There  is  promise  of  a  new  hostel 
this  year.  In  the  Central  Gaol  two  weekly  services  are  held  and 
many  visits  made.  In  Johannesburg  Rev.  Ray  E.  Phillips  is  Super¬ 
visor  of  the  Social  Service  work.  The  gold  mines  bring  young  men 
from  all  the  territory  between  the  eastern  and  western  coasts  and  from 
1000  miles  north  and  south.  They  are  beset  by  fierce  temptations  in 
the  barracks  where  they  are  herded.  To  meet  this  situation  the  Bantu 
Men’s  Social  Center  has  been  projected,  with  a  splendid  building, 
under  the  co-operative  management  of  the  Mission,  the  Government, 
and  wealthy  foreigners  of  the  city.  This  has  followed  work  by  the 
Mission  along  the  lines  of  night  schools  and  wholesome  amusement. 
Photoplays  are  shown  at  the  mine  compounds,  the  South  African  Rail- 


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way  compounds,  at  2  hospitals  and  in  the  slums.  The  Chamber  of 
Mines  met  expenses  of  installation  along  60  miles  of  the  Reef  and  meets 
the  running  expenses;  the  selection  of  the  pictures  and  the  oversight  of 
the  work  is  left  to  the  Mission.  A  Boy  Scout  organization  and  a  Help¬ 
ing  Hand  Club  for  girls  have  carried  on  work  among  the  young.  The 
wholesome  effect  of  these  influences  has  been  made  manifest  during 
the  recent  troublous  times  in  Johannesburg  caused  by  the  strike  of 
the  white  mine  workers.  At  Umzumbe  Mrs.  Cowles  has  conducted  a 
night  school  for  50  little  herder  boys  in  the  old  Umzumbe  Home  build¬ 
ing;  also  a  Pathfinder  Club  for  boys,  a  Christian  Endeavor  Society  for 
girls  and  summer  camps  for  boys  and  girls. 


MEDICAL 

Chikore:  Dispensary.  (S.  A.)  The  work  has  been  heavier  than 
for  some  years.  There  have  been  33  white  cases,  2,890  native,  repeats 
1,894  —  a  total  of  4,817  treatments. 

Chisamba :  Hospital.  (W.  C.  A.)  Dr.  Reuben  S.  Hall,  Phy¬ 
sician.  In  the  6  months  after  his  arrival  in  1921  he  treated  9,128  cases 
and  erected  a  building  to  accommodate  35  patients.  ■ 

Durban:  Mission  Hospital.  (S.  A.)  Dr.  James  B.  McCord, 
Physician  in  charge.  In-patients  320;  total  number  of  patients  in 
hospital  and  dispensary  4,260.  86  operations.  Five  medical  tours 

were  made  by  motor  car  and  270  patients  seen.  A  training  class  for 
1 1  nurses  came  under  Government  grant  in  October.  Demonstrations 
of  their  work  was  given  at  the  Natal  Native  Industrial  Exhibit  last 
July.  A  class  for  training  native  physicians  is  being  started. 

Gogoyo:  Dispensary.  (S.  A.)  Dr.  William  T.  Lawrence  in 
charge.  Number  of  treatments  1,500.  Some  serious  cases  sent  to  M  t. 
Silinda. 

Kamundongo:  Dispensary.  (W.  C.  A.)  Dr.  Henry  S.  Hollen¬ 
beck  in  charge.  Number  of  treatments  6,264. 

Mt.  Silinda:  Hospital  (S.  A.)  Dr.  W.  L.  Thompson  in  charge. 
This  was  closed  for  some  time  for  lack  of  a  nurse,  but  one  was  on  the 


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way  when  the  report  was  written.  In  the  dispensary  over  2,503 
patients  were  treated ;  the  treatments  totalled  5,160. 

Ochileso:  Dispensary.  (W.  C.  A.)  Number  of  treatments  2,000. 

Sachikela:  Dispensary.  (W.  C.  A.)  Drs.  William  and  Libbie 
Cainmack  in  charge.  Some  19,000  cases  treated. 

STATISTICAL  SUMMARY  FOR  AFRICA 

Stations  29;  outstations  361 .  Population  of  the  field  671 ,800.  The 
missionary  force  includes  25  ordained  men;  17  unordained;  38  wives 
25  single  women,  making  a  total  of  105;  associate  workers,  19.  The 
native  force  consists  of  15  ordained  preachers;  310  unordained 
preachers;  35  men  teachers;  20  women  teachers,  making  the  total 
number  of  teachers  471.  Other  workers,  935;  a  grand  total  of 
1,623.  There  are  548  places  of  regular  meeting;  35  organized 
churches  of  which  22  are  self  supporting.  Communicants  7,757, 
of  whom  833  were  added  during  the  past  year.  The  total  constit¬ 
uency  is  over  71,887.  Sunday  schools,  103  with  a  membership  of 
5,685;  4  training  schools;  with  150  pupils;  12  secondary  schools 
with  18,079  pupils;  3  kindergartens  with  102  pupils.  The  schools 
of  all  grades  number  263,  and  the  total  under  instruction  is 
19,527.  The  native  contributions  show  for  Christian  work,  $8,186; 
for  education  $20,889 ;  for  other  purposes  $1 ,260 ;  total  gifts,  $30,335. 
The  medical  work  is  carried  on  in  three  hospitals  and  8  dispensaries 
giving  33,179  treatments.  The  total  pages  printed  number  6,167,145. 


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